DOI: 10.36347/sjahss.2022.v10i02.003

Pages: 52-60

The relationship between Iran and Azerbaijan has been tense since mid-August 2021. There are two main reasons for this: first, the inherent contradictions between the two countries are sometimes eased, sometimes intensified, and interact with each other, so that the bilateral relations have always been in an unstable state of ups and downs, which has great inertia; Second, after the second Nagorno Karabakh conflict, great changes have taken place in the geopolitical pattern of the Caucasus, resulting in new contradictions between the two countries and intensifying the original contradictions. However, neither country is willing to continue to escalate tensions, which have shown several signs of easing since mid-October. In the long run, the bilateral relations will still maintain the characteristics of ups and downs, but Azerbaijan will be the responsible party for the tension between the two countries in more cases than before the second Nagorno Karabakh conflict.